The sociology of educational inequality [electronic resource] / William Tyler.
What is the most significant factor for explaining why some individuals are more successful than others -- genetic inheritance, privileged background or luck? Although conventional approaches stress the prime importance of one of these, Tyler argues that such theories fail to deal adequately with th...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Series: | Routledge library editions. Education ;
v. 202. |
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Table of Contents:
- The sociology of educational inequality
- Editor's introduction
- 1. The causal structure of educational inequality
- 2. Education and jobs -the 'tightening bond' examined
- 3. The school environment: does it matter
- 4. Genetics and inequality: the IQ debate
- 5. Social background and attainment
- 6. Fairness and merit: a reappraisal of educational policy
- References and name index.